I. Application for Continuing Education for Nursing Assistants
If you become a nursing assistant, you must report your qualifications every three years according to the Medical Act. In order to report qualifications, it is necessary to receive supplementary training for nursing assistants as prescribed by law for at least 8 hours a year for a total of 24 hours or more over 3 years. Not only nursing assistants, but also medical personnel such as doctors and nurses must complete refresher education to be able to report their qualifications. If you do not report during the reporting period, you will receive the first warning and the second 7-day administrative disposition. 간호조무사 보수교육
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Continuing education for nursing assistants
1. Subjects of continuing education
Nursing Assistant Qualification Holder
2. Nursing assistant refresher training (completion time + cost)
The basic requirement for continuing education is at least 8 hours per year. However, for example, if you have not worked as a nursing assistant for more than one year, you are considered a person who has been on probation for more than one year and less than two years. In this case, you must receive training for more than 12 hours.
Basic Continuing Education
8 hours total
Basic common course required 4 hours
Professional elective course 4 hours
Mix of online and face-to-face training
Member + non-member KRW 65,000
70,000 won for supplementary education
Continuing education for those who have been released from probation for more than 1 year and less than 2 years
12 hours total
Basic common course required 4 hours
Professional elective course 8 hours
Mix of online and face-to-face training
Member + non-member KRW 75,000
80,000 won for supplementary education
Continuing education for those who have been on probation for more than 2 years and less than 3 years
16 hours total
Basic common course required 4 hours
Professional elective course 12 hours
Mix of online and face-to-face training
Member + non-member KRW 85,000
90,000 won for supplementary education
Refresher training for those who have been on probation for more than 3 years
20 hours total
Basic common course required 4 hours
Professional elective course 16 hours
Mix of online and face-to-face training
Member + non-member KRW 95,000
100,000 won for supplementary education
3. Confirmation of continuing education courses
Refresher Education Center (klpnedu.or.kr)
Click ‘Training Schedule’
Online education or face-to-face education
Continuing education for nursing assistants
4. How to apply for continuing education for nursing assistants A to Z
Log in after registering as a member of the Korean Association of Nursing Assistants
Korean Association of Nursing Assistants Refresher Education Center Access
Refresher Training Shortcut Menu Click
Click ‘Apply for Training’ in the top right corner
Click to Apply for Continuing Education
Confirmation of consent to use of personal information collection
Enter the year of issuance of the nursing assistant license
After reading the notice, click ‘Next’
Korean Association of Nursing Assistants or
Selected among Korea Human Resources Development Institute for Health and Welfare
Left 2. Select Online Education
Check the online training application details and click ‘Next’
Left 4. Click Select Online Education and select a course
Check the online training application details and click ‘Next’
Full member / non-member selection
Select payment method
Check payment information and click pay
Continuing education for nursing assistants
5. What if I don’t get refresher education?
Refresher education is a renewal process for maintaining qualifications, so there will be disadvantages if you do not complete it regardless of reasons, whether you intentionally fail to complete it or forget it due to negligence. For the first violation, a warning and for the second violation, an administrative disposition of suspension of qualifications for 7 days.
Continuing education for nursing assistants
Continuing education for nursing assistants includes Article 80, Paragraph 1 (National Examination and Qualification Recognition of Nursing Assistants) and Paragraph 2 (Designation and Evaluation of Training Institutes for Nursing Assistants) and Article 4 (Qualification Report and Refresher Training for Nursing Assistants) and Article 80 of the Medical Act. Continuing education must be completed in accordance with the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
II. Exemption and suspension of continuing education for nursing assistants
Exemption means that you do not have to receive continuing education at all, and probation is the concept of postponement. If you fall under the conditions for exemption or postponement, you can apply after submitting supporting documents through the Qualification Report Center of the Korean Nursing Assistants Association.
1. Continuing education exemption
New license holders who were issued licenses in the current year
Students who are enrolled in a university or junior college majoring in nursing for more than one semester
Those who have been granted education exemption by the Minister of Health and Welfare
Those who have received refresher education for the relevant license in a foreign country
Those who have received graduate education
Those who gave birth while working
Those who gave birth after retirement
Those who left work after giving birth
Those who have served in the military for more than 6 months (general and military)
2. Subjects to postpone continuing education
A person recognized by the Minister of Health and Welfare as having difficulties in continuing education due to illness or unavoidable reasons
Non-employees related to qualifications for the relevant year
3. Example
Acquisition of license before 2017 +
Re-employment scheduled for 2022
Suspension of continuing education in 2017
2018 + 2019 non-target
2020 + 2021 after application for deferral and qualification report
Apply for supplementary training when getting a job
Qualified in 2021 + Working from 2022
Continuing education exemption in 2021
Application for continuing education in 2022 + 2023
After obtaining license in 2021 + work X
Continuing education exemption in 2021
2022 + 2023 grace period application